disaster
noun/dɪˈzæstər/
Слово англійською: disaster
Переклад disaster українською: біда́, катастро́фа, авіакатастро́фа, фільм-катастро́фа, стихі́йне ли́хо
Детальний опис
- [countable] an unexpected event, such as a very bad accident, a flood or a fire, that kills a lot of people or causes a lot of damage synonym catastrophe
- the world's worst humanitarian disaster
- an environmental/ecological disaster
- a rail/mining/tsunami disaster
- in a disaster Thousands died in the disaster.
- They provided more than $2.3 billion in disaster relief.
- It was taking years for disaster victims to settle and rebuild.
- Given the threat of earthquake, we recognized the need for disaster recovery centres.
Wordfinder- avalanche
- cyclone
- disaster
- earthquake
- eruption
- flood
- hurricane
- landslide
- tornado
- tsunami
- [countable, uncountable] a very bad situation that causes problems
- Losing your job doesn't have to be such a disaster.
- Disaster struck when the wheel came off.
- Archie has to act quickly to avert disaster.
- They could think of no way to avoid the impending disaster.
- Many business partnerships end in disaster.
- disaster for somebody The discovery of the disease among sheep spells financial disaster for farmers.
- Letting her organize the party is a recipe for disaster (= something that is likely to go badly wrong).
- [countable] (informal) a complete failure
- As a teacher, he's a disaster.
- The play's first night was a total disaster.
- a complete/total/absolute/unmitigated disaster
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Italian disastro ‘ill-starred event’, from dis- (expressing negation) + astro ‘star’ (from Latin astrum).
Idioms
an accident/a disaster waiting to happen
- a thing or person that is very likely to cause danger or a problem in the future because of the condition it is in or the way they behave
- Any one of these nuclear plants may be a disaster waiting to happen.